At the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, Neil Patrick Harris is giving the performance of the season in a role that stretches into someone not even remotely related to “Doogie Howser, MD” or a lad who tells us “How I Met Your Mother”. Both of these TV series endeared him to a very large audience over […]
Archives for April 2014
Two Trains. Two productions. Two friends exchange roles
Actors love August Wilson. Audiences love to see his plays, often more than once. Theatres love to include them in their seasons. Off the top of my head, I can think of four productions that will play around here either this season or next – Piano Lesson opens in just under two weeks at Olney. […]
Daniel Radcliffe is perfection in moody Cripple of Inishmaan
The current revival of Martin McDonagh’s play, its first shot at Broadway after two off/Broadway incarnations in the late 1990s, makes clear one fact. That is that Daniel Radcliffe, the actor now playing the title role, is as genuine as sterling silver or eighteen karat gold.
force/collision’s staged tribute to gay filmmaker Derek Jarman closes this weekend
“A handshake in a corridor,” is the phrase John Moletress used to describe the genesis of Jarman (all this maddening beauty). Described as “a premiere work-in-progress performance,” the piece can be seen at Atlas Performing Arts Center through Sunday, Apr. 27.
Royals roil each other in Folger’s bold new season
Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s 2014-2015 will focus on the political and the historical, the company announced yesterday, including a production of Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart which will feature two of the area’s best actors, Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford, as rival queens.
Cast of Hair sings for the Washington Nationals crowd
“I feel like it’s one of the greatest achievements of our career. I feel more proud than I’ve ever felt of anything,” Susan Marie Rhea, co-director of Keegan Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Hair, told Metro Weekly. Unless you’re already a lucky ticket holder, there’s no chance of hearing the ensemble perform Hair, as the […]
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach, Week 7
In this second-to-last installment of “Chimes at Midnight,” Stacy reflects on a busy week which saw the opening of the two shows in the Henry IV repertory, as well as the city and industry-wide party known as the Helen Hayes Awards. – DL
Report from Moscow2: a new generation of Russian artists under political pressure
As reported here yesterday, Monday morning, Woolly Mammoth Theater announced the cancellation of their upcoming festival of work from Russia. The withdrawal of Moscow municipal funds crucial to the collaboration accompanies rising political pressure on artists here in Russia’s capital. Recent reactionary attention signals the newest new wave of challenges to theaters with a long history […]
NextStop is doing Into the Woods – without the woods
A big-screen adaption of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Broadway classic Into the Woods is scheduled to be released this Christmas, but that had little to do with NextStop Theatre Company’s choice for closing its first season. “It’s completely a coincidence,” says the theater’s artistic director Evan Hoffmann, who is tackling only the third Sondheim musical […]
Constellation dips its toe in the twentieth century, then its back to myth
Constellation Theatre, which has built its reputation on authentic stagings of classical plays, announced that its three-play 2014-2015 season will consist of two relatively modern plays and a play drawn from one of the great myths of India.
We close the 30th Annual Helen Hayes Awards with Ryan Maxwell’s photos
The Helen Hayes Awards found a new home and a new format this year: Making the ceremony a continuous cocktail party from seven to midnight, punctuated by three “acts” of awards presentations, each hosted by a different pair of some of DC’s favorite performers. The National Building Museum was regularly rocking with a vibrant dancefloor […]
Christopher Henley at The Helen Hayes Awards
Last night, the Helen Hayes awards took place at the National Building Museum, a new venue for the annual ceremony, now in its 30th year. The format was also quite different, but one thing was the same. There were categories, there were nominees, and there were awards doled out to a number of people and […]